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January 13, 2026 • Posted in ,

Taylor Foundation Makes $25K Gift to JLC

The Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, Inc., has made a $25,000 gift to support the Jones Learning Center at University of the Ozarks. The one-time grant will be used for program services in the JLC.    Established on the U of O campus in 1971, the JLC offers a comprehensive program designed to […]

Tina McCain
August 19, 2024 • Posted in

McCain Rejoins Ozarks in Jones Learning Center

Tina McCain has rejoined University of the Ozarks as an academic support coordinator in the Jones Learning Center. Her first day was Aug. 12. McCain previously worked in the JLC as an academic support coordinator from 2019 to 2022 and served as a writing specialist in the JLC from 1997 to 2014. “I am excited […]

Adrienne Arbaugh, JLC
July 19, 2024 • Posted in

Arbaugh ’95 Joins Ozarks as JLC Academic Support Coordinator

Adrienne Arbaugh has joined the University of the Ozarks as an academic support coordinator in the Jones Learning Center, beginning Aug. 1, 2024. Arbaugh is a 1995 U of O graduate with a degree in education. She most recently served as a teacher with the Clarksville School District from 2003-2024 and also taught in the […]

Vanessa Hollowell and Whitleigh Wilhelmi
August 9, 2023 • Posted in , ,

Hollowell, Wilhelmi Earn Promotions

Vanessa Hollowell (pictured, left) has been named the new director of the Student Success Center (SSC) and Whitleigh Wilhelmi has been promoted to assistant director of the Jones Learning Center (JLC), University of the Ozarks officials announced this week. Both promotions became effective on Aug. 1, 2023.   Hollowell, who has served as the assistant […]

MaKenzie Douglas
August 8, 2022 • Posted in ,

Douglas Joins Ozarks as Academic Support Coordinator

MaKenzie Douglas has joined the University of the Ozarks as an academic support coordinator in the Jones Learning Center (JLC). Her first day at Ozarks was Monday, Aug. 8. Douglas most recently served as an academic advisor at the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton. She also served a graduate school internship at U […]

Felecia Atkinson
April 6, 2022 • Posted in , ,

Atkinson ’03 to retire at Semester’s End

Felecia Atkinson ’03, who has worked at University of the Ozarks for most of the past 31 years, has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the Spring 2022 Semester. Since 2015, Atkinson has worked in the Jones Learning Center as the learning disabilities educational assistant, where she has served primarily as a writing […]

Torie Parsons
March 24, 2022 • Posted in , ,

JLC Graduate Joins Alumni Board

Part of the Ozarks mission statement is to prepare students to live life fully and our students are given the space to discover what that phrase means to them. For Jones Learning Center alumni Torie Parsons, living life fully is a life of giving back to Ozarks. In a testament to that goal, Parsons was […]